2013 Year of Service

John 13:1-17

“Now that I, you Lord and Teacher have washed your feet you also should do as I have done for you…you will be blessed ”v14, 17

The story in John Chapter 13, was the encounter between Christ and his disciples, just before his death on Calvary. He was washing their feet, Peter as usual being an unspoken one, thought it respectful to refuse the Lord from washing his feet; Peter not knowing the spiritual lesson, the Lord was passing, was about to miss out of a divine grace that would have helped him when eventually he became the leader of the earthly church, Peter would have ended up being a burden on Gods people and missed out of the kingdom package.

Friend is your present condition or people around you making you feel important and you are not serving God's people. Know that if our works must become profitable not necessary in terms of material possession, we must be a servant worker.

As we progress in the year, will you locate your own task in God's Business and Life? Because we all have task to do that have been prepared in advance for us ‘for we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do’ Ephesians 2:10

This task must be done in humility.

Lesson Learnt

Anointing is at the place of service

Prayer

Lord Almighty, thank you for saving me, and not just leaving me to rove instead you prepare my own task, dear Lord help me locate it, pursue same in humility& in service to mankind and you ultimately. (Amen)

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